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Curiosity marks 5,000 Martian days and climbs one kilometer above Gale crater
The rover reached 5,000 sols on Mars and passed one kilometer of elevation, according to NASA News.
The short version
- NASA's Curiosity rover completed 5,000 Martian days of operations on the Red Planet.[NASA News]
- The rover surpassed one kilometer of elevation gain above its original landing site on the floor of Gale crater.[NASA News]
- Curiosity is currently analyzing a large sand ripple named Chocolatal to establish if it is a transverse aeolian ridge.[NASA News]
Key facts
- Saturday, August 29, marked 5,000 sols on Mars for the Curiosity rover.[NASA News]
- The rover climbed past one kilometer of elevation gain relative to its initial landing site on the Gale crater floor.[NASA News]
- The mission team named MAHLI trench wall mosaics in memory of their late colleague Paul Geissler.[NASA News]
What remains uncertain
- Researchers are still assessing whether the Chocolatal ripple qualifies as a transverse aeolian ridge.[NASA News]
Sources
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